1956 College Football Receiving Stats

1957 CFB Receiving Stats

Champions: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Paul Hornung (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Oklahoma

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38 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Rec (minimum 1.875 Rec/G, 75% of school games played).

38 Players Table
					Receiving				Rushing				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Jim Morse	Notre Dame	Ind	10	20	442	22.1	1	68	148	2.2	0	88	590	6.7	1
2	Farrell Funston	Pacific	Ind	10	27	563	20.9	5					27	563	20.9	5
3	Ernie Pitts	Denver	Skyline	10	21	415	19.8	6	1	7	7.0	1	22	422	19.2	7
4	Ron Kramer	Michigan	Big Ten	9	18	353	19.6	2	5	19	3.8	0	23	372	16.2	2
5	Fred Dugan	Dayton	Ind	10	26	481	18.5	4	1	15	15.0		27	496	18.4	4
6	Buddy Cruze	Tennessee	SEC	10	20	357	17.9	2					20	357	17.9	2
7	John Whatcott	Utah State	Skyline	10	23	400	17.4	3	56	340	6.1	5	79	740	9.4	8
8	Buddy Dial	Rice	SWC	10	21	357	17.0	5					21	357	17.0	5
9	Joe Walton	Pitt	Ind	10	20	339	17.0	6					20	339	17.0	6
10	Don Ellingsen	Washington State	PCC	10	27	455	16.9	1	7	17	2.4	0	34	472	13.9	1
11	Roger Aceto	Drake	Ind	9	18	302	16.8	0	12	39	3.3	0	30	341	11.4	0
12	Jimmy Phillips	Auburn	SEC	10	23	383	16.7	4					23	383	16.7	4
13	Bill Steiger	Washington State	PCC	10	39	607	15.6	5	9	90	10.0	1	48	697	14.5	6
14	Joe Kopnisky	West Virginia	Southern	10	19	295	15.5	1					19	295	15.5	1
15	Rick Randall	Colgate	Ind	9	17	250	14.7	1					17	250	14.7	1
16	Art Powell	San Jose State	Ind	10	40	583	14.6	5	18	182	10.1	0	58	765	13.2	5
17	Walter Fondren	Texas	SWC	10	22	318	14.5	2	115	493	4.3	4	137	811	5.9	6
18	Johnny Wilson	Denver	Skyline	10	27	383	14.2	4	98	564	5.8	4	125	947	7.6	8
19	Norm Becker	California	PCC	10	22	313	14.2	3					22	313	14.2	3
20	Carl Isaacs	Stanford	PCC	10	25	348	13.9	5					25	348	13.9	5
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Larry Aldrich	Idaho	PCC	9	30	409	13.6	1					30	409	13.6	1
22	Dick Wallen	UCLA	PCC	10	23	308	13.4	2	1	3	3.0	0	24	311	13.0	2
23	Hal Boutte	San Jose State	Ind	10	20	267	13.4	0					20	267	13.4	0
24	Burt Bullock	Brigham Young	Skyline	10	22	291	13.2	2	28	84	3.0	0	50	375	7.5	2
25	Brad Bomba	Indiana	Big Ten	9	31	407	13.1	1					31	407	13.1	1
26	Paul Camera	Stanford	PCC	10	28	350	12.5	2	3	2	0.7		31	352	11.4	2
27	Bob Bryant	Texas	SWC	10	24	301	12.5	4					24	301	12.5	4
28	Ron Szczypkowski	Columbia	Ivy	9	19	238	12.5	4					19	238	12.5	4
29	Connie Baird	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA	10	37	455	12.3	1					37	455	12.3	1
30	Dick Chapman	Detroit Mercy	MVC	10	20	245	12.3	1	1	-3	-3.0	0	21	242	11.5	1
31	Charles James	Missouri	Big 7	10	30	362	12.1		62	283	4.6		92	645	7.0	0
32	Don Gest	Washington State	PCC	10	26	299	11.5	2					26	299	11.5	2
33	Larry Peccatiello	William & Mary	Southern	10	19	216	11.4	2					19	216	11.4	2
34	Tommy Gentry	SMU	SWC	10	23	255	11.1	2					23	255	11.1	2
35	Terry Hurley	Montana	Skyline	10	20	204	10.2	1					20	204	10.2	1
36	Alfred Jamison	Colgate	Ind	9	29	289	10.0	6					29	289	10.0	6
37	Fred Polzer	Virginia	ACC	10	24	231	9.6	0					24	231	9.6	0
38	Lou Valli	Stanford	PCC	10	21	176	8.4	1	120	628	5.2		141	804	5.7	1